Extract More Cake Flavors

“In the 1940s, my mother and aunt baked wedding cakes and used a trick to make those cakes, plus sugar cookies and frostings, more tasty,” recalls Drusilla L. of Cambridge, Illinois. “They stirred in the amount of vanilla called for in the recipe, then a smaller amount of lemon extract and a dash of almond extract. Yum!”

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Rich buttery cookies like these never last long at a party or potluck. I got this recipe from a friend in Texas years ago and have used it many times since. I use pumpkin- and leaf-shaped cookie cutters to celebrate the season "tastefully."
-Lynn Burgess, Rolla, Missouri

While I usually bake these cookies for Christmas, I'll also make them at Valentine's Day (in the shape of hearts, with messages written in frosting), at Thanksgiving (shaped like turkeys), at Halloween (pumpkins), etc. Children like to help out with the decorating. —Cynthia Ettel, Hutchinson, Minnesota